InetUtils contains a tftp client as well, and it would be nice to
package it.

Thanks,
/Simon

Hi!

I've pondered about this on and off, and I'm a bit conflicted. From
a Debian prespective, I'm not sure the tftp client and server bring
anything worthy compared to the existing implementations in the archive,
namely netkit-tftp(d), tftp(d)-hpa and atftp(d). I know that the same
could be said about some of the other packages from inetutils, but at
least those were there from the beginning. Its development seems a bit
stale too. OTOH, from a maintainer PoV, I somewhat like the idea of a
unified suite and shipping as much from upstream inetutils as it is
worth.

I'd appreciate some input on the above. Also, although a bit late O:),
what's the reason you'd have liked to have these available instead of
the alternatives?

Thanks,
Guillem

Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> writes:

Hi!

I noticed that 'apt-get install tftp' doesn't work in trixie since
netkit-tftp has disappeared.  Which is probably a good thing, the last
upstream release was in 2000...

It seems 'atftp' is maintained.

The last release for 'tftp-hpa' was in 2015 but I'm happy to see some
git activity from 2024.

I haven't really done any feature comparison between 'atftp' and
'tftp-hpa' against InetUtils tftp.  Are there more?  I didn't search too
hard.  Do you (or anyone) know of any substantial feature differences?

I continue to see value in inetutils-tftp in Debian since it is actively
maintained and part of the same package suite as the other inetutils
tools.

Maybe this is something to continue discuss for forky.  I think 'apt-get
install tftp' ought to give some usable tftp client.  I think people
still use tftp a lot against wireless routers and other network device.

/Simon